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Ocajila

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Ocajila Macdonald p. 166
1967Ocajila Van Valen
1997Ocajila McKenna and Bell
2006Ocajila Lopatin
2008Ocajila Gunnell et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyGalericinaePomel 1848
tribeGalericiniPomel 1848
genusOcajila

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Ocajila Macdonald 1963
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†Ocajila macdonaldi Korth 2022
†Ocajila makpiyahe Macdonald 1963
†Ocajila rasmusseni Korth 2022
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. R. Macdonald 1963Trigonid compressed antero- posteriorly; anteroposterior diameter of trigonid subequal to that of talonid; paraconid reduced to ridge
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:01:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Orellan to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Montana) O. makpiyahe (17090)
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (South Dakota) O. makpiyahe (17636)
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (Nebraska) O. sp. (17709)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) O. macdonaldi (17520)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) O. makpiyahe (17708)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) O. sp. (17497)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Montana) O. rasmusseni (17540 17543)
early Early Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) O. makpiyahe (156729)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Oregon) O. sp. (17603 93079)
Harrisonian23.1 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) O. sp. (17816)
Harrisonian23.1 - 18.5USA (Montana) O. macdonaldi (17761)